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| Gerard Costa, Ph.D. |
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- Title: Director, YCS Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Health, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School
- Current Activities: Founding director of training and consultation, clinical service and research institute concerned with the optimal development of infants and young children within the context of their earliest relationships. Institute offers APPIC doctoral internships in psychology, doctoral externships and in partnership with the APA Doctoral Psychology Program (APA approved) at Seton Hall University. Institute offers a Graduate Specialization and Post-Graduate Certificate in Infant Mental Health. Institute operates the state’s only licensed, Medicaid approved mental health clinic, specializing in infants and young children, birth to six years, and their families. Institute is one of 60 national Brazelton Touchpoints Centers. Principal activities: Conduct trainings and ongoing consultations in Infant Mental Health and DIR® approaches to assessment and intervention. Clinician and supervisor. Serve on graduate adjunct faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson and Seton Hall Universities. Served as consultant to Pathways to Prevention - infant mental health consultation project under the Early Head Start -National Resource Center (EHS-NRC).
- Certificates: DIR® Certificate as a Developmental Psychologist, Brazelton Touchpoints-Faculty Level Training
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